“Do you know anybody here who can identify you?”

“That were not likely, fair lord, I being come hither now for the first time.”

“Have you brought any letters — any documents — any proofs that you are trustworthy and truthful?”

“Of a surety, no; and wherefore should I?

Have I not a tongue, and cannot I say all that myself?”

“But your saying it, you know, and somebody else’s saying it, is different.”

“Different? How might that be? I fear me I do not understand.”

“Don’t understand ? Land of — why, you see — you see —